Lotteries

Clive Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to lay before the House the Order increasing society lottery limits.

Barbara Follett: I shall very shortly be laying an order before the House to increase the proceeds limit for social lottery draws.

Official Visits: Sports

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials from his Department attended the Brazilian Grand Prix in an official capacity; what the purpose of the visit was in each case; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department.

Gerry Sutcliffe: This Government publishes an annual list of all ministerial travel costing over £500. The list includes a breakdown of travel by all Ministers and the global figure for the cost of ministerial travel includes the cost of staff accompanying Ministers. Detail of travel taken in the current year will be published as soon as it is ready after the end of the financial year. All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

Courts: Video Conferencing

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made for the potential use of virtual courts; and what representations he has received on this matter.

Bridget Prentice: The Police and Justice Act 2006 made provision for the use of Virtual Courts. A 12-week prototype of the concept started in July 2007, and was hosted by Camberwell Green magistrates court. An evaluation report of the prototype showed that it had been a success, enabling first hearings to take place in an average time of three-and-a-half hours.
	A larger scale one year pilot has now been agreed to take place in parts of London and North Kent. This pilot will commence early in 2009. The pilot will fully test the costs and benefits of Virtual Courts and allow representations at a local and national level to inform decisions on wider roll out.

Departmental Conditions of Employment

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of employees in his Department  (a) are on a flexible working contract,  (b) are on a job share employment contract and  (c ) work from home for more than four hours per week.

Jack Straw: Within the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) there are a number of flexible working opportunities. These include: working part-time, compressed hours, and part-year working, such as during school term times.
	Centrally held information shows that 13 per cent. of Ministry of Justice staff work part-time as of September 2008.
	Staff who are on other flexible working patterns and who are on a job share employment contract are not held centrally and could be provided only by contacting each local area within MoJ at a disproportionate cost.
	Within the Prison Service arrangements for working from home are administered locally and data are not held centrally. The Former DCA records show 20 members of staff worked from home full-time, but any other arrangements are held locally only. The NOMS agency do not record staff who work from home. Figures on staff who work from home are available only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Official Residences

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where they are located; and for what grade of civil servant they are provided.

Shahid Malik: Her Majesty's Courts Service has a total of 19 residential properties across London and regional areas of England and Wales and of these, 14 are occupied by managers of judges lodgings. All residents of these properties are a Grade EO apart from one that is a Grade HEO. The remaining five properties, mainly located within Greater London, are allocated to a Regional Fire and Safety Manager at Band C, Court Keepers at Band D, and a Custodian/Keeper at Band F.
	Her Majesty's Prison Service have 360 residential properties across 36 regional towns and cities in England and Wales with the largest number of properties (195) in London. Prison officers occupy 280 properties and chaplains and agricultural workers occupy a further 69. The remaining 11 properties accommodate industrial workers, store men, admin staff, former staff and staff widows.
	The rest of Ministry of Justice has no residential property.

Departmental Public Expenditure

David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what reductions in expenditure his Department plans to make by April 2011; and what assessment he has made of their likely effects;
	(2)  what recent decisions have been taken on reducing his Department's future expenditure; and if he make a statement.

Jack Straw: The MoJ settlement received in last Comprehensive Spending Review meant that the MoJ would have to absorb cost of living increases and other upward pressures equivalent to approximately £1 billion over the three-year period. We have plans for year 1 and plans are being developed for years 2 and 3 taking us up to March 2011. The details are being worked on, but will focus on reducing overheads, removing duplication and increasing efficiencies. We will prioritise front line services we provide to the public to make communities safer, provide access to justice and cut re-offending—without jeopardising performance throughout the MoJ. We will continue the transformation of the services we provide so that they are more open, visible and transparent to the people they service.

Feltham Young Offender Institution and Remand Centre

Humfrey Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost for providing a place in  (a) Feltham A for 15 to 17 year olds and  (b) Feltham B for 18 to 21 year olds is in the latest year for which figures are available.

David Hanson: The average annual cost for providing a place in Feltham A for 15 to 17-year-olds is £43,360 and Feltham B for 18 to 21-year-olds is £42,050. The cost includes direct prison costs only and excludes overhead costs.

Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Enfield

Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in the London Borough of Enfield in each year since 1999.

Alan Campbell: Information on the number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued is not available below Criminal Justice System (CJS) area level.
	The available information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Number of antisocial behaviour orders issued at all courts in the Greater London Criminal Justice System area, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, 1 April 1999 to 31 December 2006 
			   Number 
			 1999-2000(1) 28 
			 2001 15 
			 2002 21 
			 2003 139 
			 2004 446 
			 2005 533 
			 2006 359 
			 Total 1,541 
			 (1) 1 April 1999-31 December 2000.  Notes: 1. Previously issued data have been revised. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Prepared by OCJR Evidence and Analysis Unit.

Crime: Information and Communications Technology

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the  (a) reliability and  (b) usefulness of headcam technology in tackling crime; if she will make resources available to make this technology more widely available to the police; and if she will make a statement.

Alan Campbell: A pilot programme for body worn video (which includes head cameras) ran in Plymouth from September 2006 to April 2007. During the pilot the following key points were identified:
	Violent crime was reduced by 8 per cent in the pilot sectors (1 per cent. elsewhere);
	More serious violence was reduced by 18 per cent. (no change elsewhere);
	An increase of 85 per cent. in violent incidents resulting in an arrest;
	An increase of 40 per cent. in the number of violent crimes detected.
	A number of providers supply body worn video devices. Individual police forces negotiate the best device to fit their needs. Kent police have demonstrated some excellent work in developing a bespoke device with a commercial provider.
	The Home Office made a fund of £3 million available specifically to enable police forces across the country to widen their use of body worn video devices. This announcement was made on 12 July 2007, when guidance on the use of this equipment was published by PCSD, which was compiled with NPIA and the support of ACPO.
	Suffolk police was awarded £60,000 of this fund, which was a mid-range allocation from the 38 bids awarded.

Departmental Public Expenditure

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which programmes funded by her Department experienced a real terms reduction in their budget between 2006-07 and 2007-08; and what the budget was in  (a) 2006-07 and  (b) 2007-08 in each case.

Vernon Coaker: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Harrow, East (Mr. McNulty) on 29 April 2008,  Official Report, column 334W.

Drinking Banning Orders

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing drinking banning orders, including funding transfers to other departments.

Alan Campbell: The Impact Assessment in respect of Drinking Banning Orders (DBOs) is available on the Home Office website at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/ria-violent-crime-bill-cov-0605/
	The administrative costs of DBOs are assumed to be equivalent of an ASBO; £5 million to £30 million. The custodial costs of a DBO are lower (than an ASBO) since the shorter DBOs are assumed to have fewer breaches. This is estimated to be £0.5 million to £2.5 million or £2 million to £10 million, if the increased number requires new prison places to be constructed. This assumes an equal mix of two, six and 12-month DBOs. The additional construction costs are not expected to be necessary as the total impact is expected to be less than 100 prison places. Even this scenario allows for six times more DBOs than there are currently ASBOs.
	This implies total costs in the range of £5.5 million to £32.5 million. These estimates do not take into account the possible impacts on the profits of businesses who may lose revenue from banned drinkers.
	The production of the Impact Assessment pre-dates the creation of the Ministry of Justice, and therefore there is no separate costing for this Department.

Police: Complaints

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what courts completed proceedings against police officers from Essex have taken place in each year since 1997.

Vernon Coaker: I have been informed by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform that the data held centrally on court proceedings does not contain information about the circumstances behind each case, beyond the description provided in the statute under which prosecutions are brought.
	It is therefore not possible to identify the occupation of a defendant who has been prosecuted or convicted of a criminal offence. As a result the information requested on court proceedings is not available.

Surveillance: Telecommunications

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether representatives of the Interceptions of Communications Commissioner undertake inspections of local authorities.

Vernon Coaker: Representatives of the interception of communications commissioner's office are responsible for inspecting those local authorities which make use of the communications data provisions within the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

Terrorism

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges brought against the individuals at, or awaiting, trial for terrorism-related offences referred to in the Report on the Operation in 2007 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006, by Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, have since been dropped.

Vernon Coaker: We are unable to provide the information requested.
	The Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's Office are currently working with the National Coordinator for Terrorist Investigations to improve the quality of data relating to those arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned under terrorist legislation and under other legislation but considered terrorist related. As soon as this is complete a Statistical Bulletin covering this information will be published by the Home Office.
	This Statistical Bulletin will include figures from 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008 showing the number of people charged and convicted of terrorism related offences and the charge to conviction ratio. The remaining figure will therefore reflect those individuals not convicted whose case resulted in an alternative outcome. It is currently not possible to separately identify those individuals whose case has not been proceeded with, those acquitted and those at or awaiting trial.

Terrorism

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges brought for offences under anti-terrorism legislation committed in the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland,  (a) between 11 September 2001 and 31 March 2007 and  (b) since 31 March 2007 have been dropped.

Vernon Coaker: We are unable to provide the information requested.
	The Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's Office are currently working with the National Coordinator for Terrorist Investigations to improve the quality of data relating to those arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned under terrorist legislation and under other legislation but considered terrorist related. As soon as this is complete a Statistical Bulletin covering this information will be published by the Home Office.
	This Statistical Bulletin will include figures from 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008 showing the number of people charged and convicted of terrorism related offences and the charge to conviction ratio. The remaining figure will therefore reflect those individuals not convicted whose case resulted in an alternative outcome. It is currently not possible to separately identify those individuals whose case has not been proceeded with, those acquitted and those at or awaiting trial.

Terrorism: Criminal Proceedings

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the individuals at or awaiting trial for terrorism-related offences referred to in the Report on the Operation in 2007 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 by Lord Carlile of Berriew QC have been tried; and what the outcome was in each case where legal proceedings have been completed.

Vernon Coaker: We are unable to provide the information requested.
	The Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's Office are currently working with the National Coordinator for Terrorist Investigations to improve the quality of data relating to those arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned under terrorist legislation and under other legislation but considered terrorist related. As soon as this is complete a Statistical Bulletin covering this information will be published by the Home Office.
	This Statistical Bulletin will include figures from 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008 showing the number of people charged and convicted of terrorism related offences and the charge to conviction ratio. The remaining figure will therefore reflect those individuals not convicted whose case resulted in an alternative outcome. It is currently not possible to separately identify those individuals whose case has not been proceeded with, those acquitted and those at or awaiting trial.

Terrorism: Criminal Proceedings

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the charges brought for terrorism-related offences in the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland, between 11 September 2001 and 31 March 2007 proceeded to trial; and what the outcome was in each case where legal proceedings have been completed.

Vernon Coaker: We are unable to provide the information requested.
	The Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's Office are currently working with the National Coordinator for Terrorist Investigations to improve the quality of data relating to those arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned under terrorist legislation and under other legislation but considered terrorist related. As soon as this is complete a Statistical Bulletin covering this information will be published by the Home Office.
	This Statistical Bulletin will include figures from 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008 showing the number of people charged and convicted of terrorism related offences and the charge to conviction ratio. The remaining figure will therefore reflect those individuals not convicted whose case resulted in an alternative outcome. It is currently not possible to separately identify those individuals whose case has not been proceeded with, those acquitted and those at or awaiting trial.

Terrorism: Criminal Proceedings

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges have been brought for offences under anti-terrorism legislation committed in the United Kingdom excluding Northern Ireland since 31st March 2007; how many such charges proceeded to trial; and what the outcome was in each case where legal proceedings have been completed.

Vernon Coaker: We are unable to provide the information requested.
	The Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's Office are currently working with the National Coordinator for Terrorist Investigations to improve the quality of data relating to those arrested, charged, convicted and imprisoned under terrorist legislation and under other legislation but considered terrorist related. As soon as this is complete a Statistical Bulletin covering this information will be published by the Home Office.
	This Statistical Bulletin will include figures from 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008 showing the number of people charged and convicted of terrorism related offences and the charge to conviction ratio. The remaining figure will therefore reflect those individuals not convicted whose case resulted in an alternative outcome. It is currently not possible to separately identify those individuals whose case has not been proceeded with, those acquitted and those at or awaiting trial.

Contact Orders

Ian Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to implement the provisions in Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2006 relating to new powers for the courts to order contact activities and new enforcement powers.

Beverley Hughes: The implementation of the remaining provisions in Part 1 of the Children and Adoption Act 2006, sections 1 to 5 and 8, relating to new powers for the courts to order contact activities and new enforcement powers were announced on 4 November 2008,  Official Report, column 22WS. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice has made a written ministerial statement, outlining that the provisions will come into force on 8 December. The new arrangements will extend to England and Wales and have been agreed by Welsh Assembly Government Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas.

Schools: Standards

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to improve  (a) standards of cleaning in schools and  (b) the quality of classroom furniture.

Jim Knight: School cleanliness is the responsibility of the head teacher and governors and the local authority where they are the employer. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Regulation 9 and the Approved Code of Practice on the regulations issued by the Health and Safety Executive cover cleanliness. More specifically "Toilets in Schools" a recent departmental document on Teachernet makes clear the importance of well designed and well maintained facilities so that pupils can and will make regular use of them. The Government have made a number of steps. The BSF Furniture and Equipment (F & E) brief aims to encourage schools and bidders to recognise the role furniture can play within the transformational agenda. As part of this aim, it will make clear the expectations for furniture such as the need for improved strength and stability criteria as set out in part 2 of the new European standard EN1729. It is also proposed to include the ergonomic requirements of EN1729 part 1. A 30-month research project the Department has recently commissioned into the accommodation implications of personalised learning will examine the role furniture can play in ensuring flexible layouts. The Department have also published a website which gives ergonomic dimensions for furniture in order that designers have the most up-to-date data from which to work on new designs. Quality of furniture in schools can often lie in making the right choices of furniture, the Department's website aims to ensure that schools buy appropriately sized furniture. Many of our design guides give details on purchasing quality furniture and how to ensure it is 'fit for purpose', one of the key indicators of quality.

Young People: Alcoholic Drinks

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce alcohol addiction amongst teenagers.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: holding answer 13 November 2008
	The proportion of teenagers who drink regularly is falling but those who do drink are drinking a lot more. Young people who drink too much not only put their own health at risk, but are more likely to get involved in antisocial behaviour and contribute to insecurity on our streets. The Youth Alcohol Action Plan, published in June, sets out a number of actions to address the problems of young people's alcohol consumption. We will provide clearer health information for parents and young people about how consumption of alcohol, particularly at an early age, can affect children and young people. This will include the chief medical officer's guidelines on safer drinking by young people and a comprehensive communications campaign aimed at 11 to 15 year-olds to be launched in spring 2009.
	In line with recommendations from an independent review of drug and alcohol education, Ministers announced on 30 October 2008 that Personal Health and Social Education (PHSE) would be made statutory subject. This would underline the key role PSHE has to play in young people's personal development.
	Very few young people are addicted to alcohol but we know that a small proportion of young people do drink too much which puts them at risk of harm. DCSF are working closely with the National Treatment Agency (NTA) to continue to improve the accessibility and quality of substance misuse treatment for young people (under 18), with the aim of ensuring that effective treatment is available for any young person with alcohol problems that needs it.

Deprivation Indicators

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the index of deprivation is in each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales.

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.
	The following tables list the codes for the least and most deprived lower super output areas in the principal seaside towns in England, on the overall measure of multiple deprivation and across the seven domains of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007. Information on deprivation in Welsh towns can be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government Statistical Directorate.
	
		
			IMD  Income  Employment 
			Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived 
			  Town  LA name  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA 
			 Blackpool Blackpool E01012721 E01012718 E01012721 E01012717 E01012721 E01012717 
			 Bognor Regis Arun E01031456 E01031383 E01031429 E01031412 E01031456 E01031392 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth E01015282 E01015315 E01015282 E01015319 E01015282 E01015319 
			 Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire E01012948 E01013093 E01012946 E01013088 E01012944 E01013012 
			 Brighton Brighton and Hove E01016947 E01016984 E01016865 E01016984 E01016942 E01016899 
			 Burnham-on-Sea Sedgemoor E01029106 E01029104 E01029106 E01029128 E01029112 E01029128 
			 Clacton Tendring E01021988 E01022005 E01021988 E01022013 E01021988 E01022013 
			 Dawlish/Teignmouth Teignbridge E01020272 E01020239 E01020272 E01020242 E01020228 E01020242 
			 Deal Dover E01024240 E01024233 E01024240 E01024233 E01024199 E01024238 
			 Eastbourne Eastbourne E01020912 E01020933 E01020923 E01020946 E01020911 E01020933 
			 Exmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019931 E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 
			 Falmouth Carrick E01018841 E01018848 E01018841 E01018816 E01018841 E01018827 
			 Folkestone/Hythe Shepway E01024504 E01024523 E01024507 E01024523 E01024506 E01024519 
			 Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth E01026625 E01026587 E01026625 E01026587 E01026625 E01026587 
			 Hastings/Bexhill Hastings E01020972 E01020970 E01020972 E01020970 E01020972 E01020987 
			 Ilfracombe North Devon E01020112 E01020090 E01020103 E01020133 E01020112 E01020133 
			 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight E01017332 E01017352 E01017345 E01017293 E01017336 E01017302 
			 Lowestoft Waveney E01030258 E01030284 E01030258 E01030288 E01030258 E01030292 
			 Minehead, West Somerset E01029344 E01029331 E01029344 E01029342 E01029344 E01029338 
			 Morecambe/Heysham Lancaster E01025110 E01025146 E01025156 E01025105 E01025110 E01025105 
			 Newquay Restormel E01019056 E01019017 E01019056 E01019017 E01019033 E01019016 
			 Penzance Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01018997 E01019011 
			 Scarborough Scarborough E01027806 E01027844 E01027874 E01027855 E01027847 E01027857 
			 Sidmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019931 E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 
			 Skegness East Lindsey E01026093 E01026063 E01026083 E01026063 E01026093 E01026061 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea E01015842 E01015908 E01015842 E01015914 E01015842 E01015830 
			 Southport Sefton E01007007 E01006985 E01007007 E01006991 E01007007 E01006985 
			 St. Ives East Dorset E01020393 E01020377 E01020393 E01020377 E01020394 E01020409 
			 St. Ives Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01018997 E01019011 
			 Swanage Purbeck E01020489 E01020470 E01020472 E01020470 E01020485 E01020470 
			 Thanet Thanet E01024678 E01024708 E01024678 E01024650 E01024678 E01024689 
			 Torbay Torbay E01015217 E01015208 E01015257 E01015208 E01015217 E01015251 
			 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset E01014831 E01014798 E01014831 E01014793 E01014801 E01014791 
			 Weymouth Weymouth and Portland E01020554 E01020558 E01020552 E01020559 E01020554 E01020558 
			 Whitby Scarborough E01027806 E01027844 E01027874 E01027855 E01027847 E01027857 
			 Whitley Bay North Tyneside E01008485 E01008523 E01008485 E01008563 E01008485 E01008548 
			 Whitstable/Herne Bay Canterbury E01024080 E01024056 E01024061 E01024051 E01024080 E01024051 
			 Worthing Worthing E01031819 E01031824 E01031819 E01031824 E01031811 E01031824 
		
	
	
		
			Health & Disability  Education, Skills & Training  Barriers to Housing & Services 
			Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived 
			  Town  LA name  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA 
			 Blackpool Blackpool E01012721 E01012718 E01012720 E01012722 E01012704 E01012725 
			 Bognor Regis Arun E01031456 E01031389 E01031429 E01031416 E01031392 E01031464 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth E01015282 E01015319 E01015313 E01015344 E01015370 E01015335 
			 Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire E01012948 E01013088 E01013002 E01013070 E01012981 E01012999 
			 Brighton Brighton and Hove E01016942 E01016983 E01016915 E01017001 E01016899 E01016961 
			 Burnham-on-Sea Sedgemoor E01029132 E01029128 E01029106 E01029147 E01029147 E01029127 
			 Clacton Tendring E01022025 E01021978 E01021988 E01021987 E01021974 E01022035 
			 Dawlish/Teignmouth Teignbridge E01020228 E01020194 E01020212 E01020274 E01020259 E01020265 
			 Deal Dover E01024215 E01024233 E01024240 E01024211 E01024249 E01024221 
			 Eastbourne Eastbourne E01020920 E01020960 E01020923 E01020946 E01020958 E01020939 
			 Exmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 E01019938 E01019948 
			 Falmouth Carrick E01018841 E01018816 E01018841 E01018816 E01018850 E01018848 
			 Folkestone/Hythe Shepway E01024506 E01024490 E01024498 E01024523 E01024549 E01024512 
			 Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth E01026625 E01026587 E01026619 E01026611 E01026609 E01026639 
			 Hastings/Bexhill Hastings E01020989 E01020970 E01020972 E01020970 E01020970 E01021013 
			 Ilfracombe North Devon E01020112 E01020127 E01020103 E01020128 E01020100 E01020105 
			 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight E01017336 E01017351 E01017332 E01017316 E01017297 E01017344 
			 Lowestoft Waveney E01030258 E01030237 E01030277 E01030224 E01030285 E01030288 
			 Minehead, West Somerset E01029344 E01029338 E01029344 E01029335 E01029338 E01029332 
			 Morecambe/Heysham Lancaster E01025110 E01025105 E01025156 E01025103 E01025132 E01025098 
			 Newquay Restormel E01019041 E01019017 E01019055 E01019017 E01019060 E01019072 
			 Penzance Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01019006 E01018993 
			 Scarborough Scarborough E01027806 E01027814 E01027874 E01027855 E01027857 E01027871 
			 Sidmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 E01019938 E01019948 
			 Skegness East Lindsey E01026073 E01026098 E01026083 E01026119 E01026082 E01026054 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea E01015842 E01015908 E01015842 E01015908 E01015827 E01015910 
			 Southport Sefton E01007009 E01006985 E01007019 E01006974 E01007038 E01007102 
			 St. Ives East Dorset E01020393 E01020415 E01020393 E01020380 E01020396 E01020426 
			 St. Ives Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01019006 E01018993 
			 Swanage Purbeck E01020485 E01020470 E01020471 E01020470 E01020490 E01020492 
			 Thanet Thanet E01024676 E01024635 E01024682 E01024642 E01024703 E01024655 
			 Torbay Torbay E01015217 E01015208 E01015266 E01015271 E01015190 E01015211 
			 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset E01014832 E01014850 E01014831 E01014766 E01014766 E01014816 
			 Weymouth Weymouth and Portland E01020554 E01020560 E01020552 E01020558 E01020569 E01020588 
			 Whitby Scarborough E01027806 E01027814 E01027874 E01027855 E01027857 E01027871 
			 Whitley Bay North Tyneside E01008545 E01008546 E01008484 E01008563 E01008480 E01008546 
			 Whitstable/Herne Bay Canterbury E01024092 E01024056 E01024047 E01024131 E01024054 E01024115 
			 Worthing Worthing E01031790 E01031824 E01031819 E01031803 E01031832 E01031797 
		
	
	
		
			Crime & Disorder  Living Environment 
			Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived 
			  Town  LA name  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA 
			 Blackpool Blackpool E01012736 E01012662 E01012673 E01012722 
			 Bognor Regis Arun E01031454 E01031458 E01031427 E01031383 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth E01015367 E01015315 E01015279 E01015315 
			 Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire E01013000 E01013122 E01012948 E01012939 
			 Brighton Brighton and Hove E01016952 E01016998 E01016952 E01017008 
			 Burnham-on-Sea Sedgemoor E01029098 E01029103 E01029095 E01029115 
			 Clacton Tendring E01021988 E01022012 E01021988 E01022004 
			 Dawlish/Teignmouth Teignbridge E01020269 E01020193 E01020224 E01020215 
			 Deal Dover E01024241 E01024213 E01024215 E01024256 
			 Eastbourne Eastbourne E01020912 E01020948 E01020912 E01020926 
			 Exmouth East Devon E01019918 E01019897 E01019916 E01019905 
			 Falmouth Carrick E01018809 E01018827 E01018836 E01018813 
			 Folkestone/Hythe Shepway E01024504 E01024536 E01024504 E01024542 
			 Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth E01026626 E01026629 E01026626 E01026582 
			 Hastings/Bexhill Hastings E01020979 E01020971 E01020984 E01020995 
			 Ilfracombe North Devon E01020113 E01020107 E01020112 E01020085 
			 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight E01017336 E01017298 E01017340 E01017352 
			 Lowestoft Waveney E01030258 E01030245 E01030250 E01030239 
			 Minehead, West Somerset E01029330 E01029327 E01029338 E01029331 
			 Morecambe/Heysham Lancaster E01025139 E01025160 E01025117 E01025158 
			 Newquay Restormel E01019029 E01019045 E01019056 E01019018 
			 Penzance Penwith E01018999 E01018975 E01019012 E01018983 
			 Scarborough Scarborough E01027806 E01027834 E01027804 E01027855 
			 Sidmouth East Devon E01019918 E01019897 E01019916 E01019905 
			 Skegness East Lindsey E01026069 E01026098 E01026093 E01026085 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea E01015841 E01015866 E01015852 E01015885 
			 Southport Sefton E01007051 E01007093 E01007003 E01006991 
			 St. Ives East Dorset E01020392 E01020378 E01020396 E01020374 
			 St. Ives Penwith E01018999 E01018975 E01019012 E01018983 
			 Swanage Purbeck E01020472 E01020491 E01020490 E01020470 
			 Thanet Thanet E01024676 E01024644 E01024676 E01024637 
			 Torbay Torbay E01015267 E01015251 E01015231 E01015226 
			 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset E01014801 E01014793 E01014802 E01014793 
			 Weymouth Weymouth and Portland E01020554 E01020559 E01020554 E01020560 
			 Whitby Scarborough E01027806 E01027834 E01027804 E01027855 
			 Whitley Bay North Tyneside E01008584 E01008518 E01008572 E01008551 
			 Whitstable/Herne Bay Canterbury E01024080 E01024054 E01024080 E01024056 
			 Worthing Worthing E01031787 E01031804 E01031810 E01031820

Departmental Conditions of Employment

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of employees in his Department  (a) are on a flexible working contract,  (b) are on a job share employment contract and  (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA has in place a process to allow employees to apply to work flexibly in line with recent legislation. Flexible working incorporates a wide variety of working patterns and includes:
	part-time working;
	job-sharing;
	compressed hours;
	staggered hours;
	term-time working.
	As at 30 September, 9.6 per cent. staff in the core Department worked part-time. Information on other types of flexible working is not held centrally and could be provided only by incurring disproportionate cost. Many requests for flexible working may be made informally between managers and staff and therefore will not be formally recorded.
	No specific data is held by the Department on the precise extent of home working by staff. Anecdotal evidence suggests that home working is on the increase due to the promotion of flexible working.

Waste Management

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what dates his Department's Joint Waste Authorities Advisory Group has met to date; and what the membership of the group is.

Jane Kennedy: The Advisory Group on Joint Waste Authorities met on 12 November 2007, 9 January 2008, 13 February 2008, 30 April 2008, 29 July 2008 and 17 September 2008.
	The membership of the Advisory Group consists of individuals from organisations and local authorities with experience of joint working and improving efficiency in provision of local authority waste services, who provide DEFRA with knowledge and expertise.

Waste Management

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether  (a) his Department,  (b) the Environment Agency and  (c) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided support to local authority schemes for recruiting volunteers to monitor local environmental quality.

Jane Kennedy: Defra part-funds ENCAMS (Environmental Campaigns) who provide advice and can offer training on how community groups can help to clean up their local areas and link with others interested in improving local environmental quality, for example through the 'Big Tidy Up' campaign. Local authorities have a statutory requirement to monitor and report on the cleanliness of their area but community groups may be able to assist authorities in fulfilling this obligation.
	The Environment Agency and WRAP have not provided any support.

Water Supply

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire of 10 September 2008,  Official Report, columns 1998-9W, on water supply, what the titles are of the research reports and studies undertaken by the Environment Agency on household water use.

Iain Wright: I have been asked to reply.
	As set out in my previous answer there are a series of studies that have been undertaken by various different organisations, including the Environment Agency, into water consumption in the UK. Some of these studies are in the public domain, others, which include commercially sensitive data, are not. Environment Agency reports include; "The Environment Agency's advice to Ministers on the final water resources plans submitted by water companies as part of the 2004 periodic review". This was published July 2004 and available to download from;
	http://publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/pdf/GEHO 0704BLUV-e-e.pdf?lang=_e
	In developing the water consumption levels set out in the Code for Sustainable Homes, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) also used information and data that was published in Environment Agency's report titled "Assessing the cost of compliance with the code for sustainable homes".
	This was published January 2007 and available to download from;
	http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/scho0107bltree_1746081.pdf

Departmental Older Workers

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people aged over  (a) 55 and  (b) 60 years who work in his Department were recruited in 2007-08; and what percentage in each case this was of the number of staff recruited in that year who work in his Department.

Mike O'Brien: The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created recently and as yet information on final staff numbers are not available and have not been agreed. This information will be released as soon as possible.

Departmental ICT

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many  (a) memory sticks,  (b) laptop computers,  (c) desktop computers,  (d) hard drives and  (e) mobile telephones were (i) lost by and (ii) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997.

Douglas Alexander: Central accounting records detailing write-off and lost information are held by the Department for International Development (DFID) for up to seven years. On this basis we have detailed property lost or stolen since financial year 2001-02. Information is provided in the following table.
	All DFID laptops have secure encryption technology and no data has been put at risk. All losses and thefts are investigated by our Business Solutions Division and Security section for breach of security practice.
	
		
			  Type  Classification  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  Total 
			 Memory sticks (a) Lost (i) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 
			  Stolen (ii) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Laptop computers (b) Lost (i) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 03 
			  Stolen (ii) 3 5 5 6 6 3 8 36 
			 Desk Top Computers (c) Lost (i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Stolen (ii) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hard Drives (d) Lost (i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Stolen (ii) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Mobile phones (e) Lost (i) 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 10 
			  Stolen (ii) 1 2 3 3 8 0 1 18

Programme Development Fund

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many applications were made to  (a) the Programme Development Fund and  (b) the Travel Bursary Fund in each of the last five years; how many successful applications were made to each in each year; and what the (i) value, (ii) destination, (iii) purpose and (iv) outcome was of each award made.

Douglas Alexander: The Department for International Development (DFID) provides funding to the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) to run a scheme to raise development awareness via the broadcast media. The scheme includes a Programme Development Fund (PDF) and a Travel Bursary Fund (TBF). The number of applications to the two funds in each of the last five years, and the number of successful applications with their value, destination and outcome is given in the following table.
	
		
			  Programme Development Fund 
			  Year  Applications( 1)  Awards  given  Value( 2)  (£)  Destination of successful awards  Outcome of awards given 
			 2004 42 18 1,038-8,000 3 India, 1 Zambia, 3 Sudan (Darfur), 3 Pan developing world, 1 Ethiopia, 1 Caribbean, 1 Kashmir, 1 Nepal, 1 South Africa, 1 Sierra Leone, 1 Sri Lanka, 2 projects reflected development issues and asylum seekers in the UK. 12 programmes/series have been broadcast to date including a major children's TV series and two multiple award winning documentaries. Others remain in development/production. 
			   
			 2005 30 11 9,488-10,000 1 Angola, 1 Congo, 1 Brazil, 1 Mongolia, 2 Caribbean, 1 South Africa, 1 India, 1 Uganda and two global developing world. 4 programmes have been broadcast to date. One had multiple media outputs including a major theatrical (cinema release). Others remain in development/production. 
			   
			 2006 25 15 2,500-10,000 2 India, 1 Cuba, 1 Uganda, 1 Rwanda, 1 Haiti, 1 west Africa, 1 Latin America, 1 global developing world, 1 Nigeria, 1 former Soviet Union, 1 Ascension Island 1 Afghanistan, 1 Iraq, 1 Palestine. 4 programmes/series have been broadcast to date. 1 other has been screened at festivals. Others remain in development/production, 1 has had extensive theatrical release. 
			   
			 2007 57 (3)9 1,800-10,000 2 East Africa, 2 South Africa, 2 India, 1 Ethiopia, 1 Iraq, 1 Bhutan, 1 Mozambique, 1 former Soviet Union, 11ran, 1 Belize, 1 Laos/Cambodia, 1 Burkina Faso, 1 Ukraine, 1 Brazil. 2 programmes have been broadcast. Others remain in development/production, including one multiple award wining film that has also had extensive theatrical release. 
			   
			 2008 57 (3)9 5,000-10,000 1 Kenya, 1 global developing world, 1 China/Africa, 1 Pakistan, 1 global/ aboriginal, 1 Lebanon, 1 Afghanistan, 1 Zambia, 1 East Africa. 1 is due for screening. Others remain in development/production. 
		
	
	
		
			  Travel Bursary Fund 
			  Year  Applications( 4 ) and awards given  Value( 5)  (£)  Destination of Successful Awards  Outcome of Awards Given 
			 2004 Awards made to 12 bursars from 8 formal applications. 5,000-10,000 6 India, 1 Caribbean, 2 Tanzania, 1 pan Africa, 1 Ghana, 1 Uganda. 6 bursars achieved multiple media outputs, TV broadcasts plus online and radio and print for UK regional audiences, major coverage for the 'Africa Lives' on the BBC was developed by independent producers, 1 major documentary is currently in development/production, and research/development for the series 'Africa school' was successful. 
			  
			 2005 Awards made to 17 bursars from 11 applications. 1,126-10,000 2 Lesotho, 6 East Africa, 1 Cuba, 3 Nigeria, 3 The Gambia, 2 India, 1 Iran and Middle East. 14 bursars achieved multiple media outputs including a week long TV series plus radio and online for audiences in the east midlands about Uganda, major television and radio coverage of Lesotho for Wales and research/development1 for he series 'Indian School'. 
			  
			 2006 Awards made to 17 bursars from 11 applications. 2,616-10,000 3 Sierra Leone, 1 Ethiopia, 1 Latin America, 1 Swaziland, 2 Burma, 2 Bangladesh, 4 India (inc. 2 x Indian producers to UK), 2 Kenya, 1 Afghanistan. 10 bursars have already achieved multiple media outputs including 1 major documentary for broadcast in December 2008. Work of 2 bursars was broadcast on radio plus also press coverage and multi-media coverage and exhibitions throughout Cardiff and south Wales. 15 producers have work in production or commissioned. 
			  
			 2007 Awards made to 23 bursars from 17 applications. 231-10,000 8 Indian sub-continent, 1 Thailand (Burma), 1 Ghana, 2 China, 1 to S. Korea, 3 Latin America, 6 East Africa, 1 South African producer to UK, 1 DRC/Sierra Leone. 22 bursars have received either multiple media outputs (TV programmes, radio, online, photographic exhibitions, press articles) or firm commissions for the same. Many programmes and media outputs contributed to coverage of the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence. Other outputs ranged from a major documentary due for release in 2009 on Burmese refugees living in Thai camps and their relocation to the UK, slash and burn culture in Latin America, poverty and its effects in Haiti and health care in east Africa. 
			  
			 2008 Awards made to 13 bursars from 10 applications. 2,000-10,000 3 India, 1 Latin America, 2 Malawi, 1 Haiti, 1 Afghanistan, 1 Bulgaria. 4 African producers came to the UK. One series of shorts has already been broadcast, one series of shorts produced for broadcast in January 2009. All others are in production/development as would be expected with recent awards. 
			 (1) Applications to the PDF are made annually. All applications which are eligible for the funding are short-listed and evaluated. Only the short-listed applications are shown here. (2) Awards from the PDF were up to a maximum of £8,000 in 2004, and £10,000 from 2005. The range of values of awards made is shown' here, not the value (3 )To date. (4) Applications to the TBF can be made at any time. Inquiries to the TBF are received in very large numbers, usually by phone or email, and are not logged. The scheme staff work with all potential applicants to help them develop their ideas until potential applicants are ready to submit a formal application. Only formal applications are shown here. (5) TBF awards are up to a maximum of £10,000.

Housing: Enfield

Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many council homes have been improved to the decent homes standard in the London Borough of Enfield in each year since 1997.

Iain Wright: Information specific to the number of homes which have been improved to the Decent Homes Standard is not collected by the Department. However, the Department collects statistics on non-decent social sector local authority (LA) homes through the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) annual return.
	These date are published by Communities and Local Government and can be obtained from the Department's website:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housingstatistics/housingstatisticsby/localauthorityhousing/dataforms/357553/databyregion/
	
		
			  Number of local authority owned non-decent stock by year 
			  Enfield  Number 
			 2000-01 3,138 
			 2001-02 4,195 
			 2002-03 3,938 
			 2003-04 3,710 
			 2004-05 3,242 
			 2005-06 3,099 
			 2006-07 2,864 
			  Notes: 1. The BPSA is a non-statutory collection from local authorities. Figures are as reported. 2. 2007-08 data not yet available  Source: Local authority figures from the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) as at 1 April each year. The collection commenced in 2001.

Social Housing Grants

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) when she expects to allow councils to apply for social housing grants;

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many councils have applied for funding to buy vacant properties for local housing purposes in the last six months; and whether funding has been made available to local authorities on the same basis as to registered social landlords.

Iain Wright: I refer the hon. Member to our 2 September 2008 statement on the package of measures responding to housing market conditions which confirmed that the social housing grant would be opened up to all stock-owning local authorities as well as local authorities with arms length management organisations. We are working with the Housing Corporation on the practicalities and the timetable for delivering this. No local authorities have applied for funding so far.
	We have also introduced other measures to create incentives for councils to build and acquire new homes. S313 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 provides that councils can keep the full rental income from new council homes (including newly built and newly acquired properties). We also intend to make changes to the capital regulations, in order to allow councils to keep the full receipts from new council homes. We expect to consult shortly on the use of S313 power and the capital receipts regulations which aim to enable councils to benefit in full from rental income or sales receipts from properties that have been built or acquired since this planned change to these rules.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many attacks there were by insurgents against British armed forces in Helmand province in Afghanistan in  (a) 2006-07 and  (b) 2007-08.

John Hutton: The number of direct engagements (regardless of the instigator) involving the international security assistance force (ISAF) and insurgents in Helmand province for the last three years are as follows:
	
		
			   Number 
			 2006 736 
			 2007 2,213 
			 2008 (as of 15 October) 1,475 
		
	
	ISAF forces operating in Helmand come from a number of different nations, which often operate closely alongside each other. These forces also operate very closely alongside Afghan Army and police units. Without undertaking a detailed assessment of each engagement, it is not possible precisely to define in every case whether an attack was aimed at UK forces, at our ISAF partners, or against Afghan units. Data is therefore collected on the number of incidents involving ISAF forces in Helmand without attempting to identify the nationality of the forces actually being attacked. The environment also makes it extremely difficult precisely to distinguish between incidents initiated by insurgent forces and those initiated by ISAF.
	This data is based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operational environment.

Departmental Internet

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for which Government websites his Department is responsible; how many visitors each received in the last period for which figures are available; and what the cost of maintaining each site was in that period.

Bob Ainsworth: The information is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Website  URL  Cost FY 2007-08 (£)  Visitors 
			 Acquisition Operating Framework www.aof.mod.uk n/a 3.376 million page requests for FY 2008-09 to date 
			 Admiralty Leisure www.admiraltyleisure.co.uk Included in cost for UKHO 75,656 October 2007 to October 2008 
			 Army Fit www.armyfit.mod.uk n/a 2,128,812 (page views) 
			 Army Online www.armyonline.mod.uk n/a n/a 
			 British Army www.army.mod.uk £150,000 8,472,991 
			 British Army Jobs www.armyjobs.mod.uk £266,749 27,978,203 (page views) 
			 British Forces Post Office www.bfpo.mod.uk £3,295 n/a 
			 Camouflage www.camouflage.mod.uk n/a 859,146 (page views) 
			 Chief Scientific Advisor www.science.mod.uk (1)— n/a 
			 Competition of Ideas www.ideas.mod.uk £42,000 n/a 
			 Grand Challenge www.challenge.mod.uk £2,000 n/a 
			 Counter Terrorism Centre www.ctcentre.mod.uk n/a 17,123 (over last 12 months) 
			 DCSA Catalogue (now ICS Catalogue) www.dcsacat.mod.uk (www.icscat.mod.uk) £881.90 (does not include staff costs) 80,000 page requests for the one page where a 'hit counter' is installed 
			 Defence Academy www.defac.ac.uk £17,250 (31 October 2007 to November 2008) 1,020,128 
			 Defence Analytical Services Agency www.dasa.mod.uk £21,600 (does not include staff costs) 22,693 (August to October 2008) 
			 Defence Dynamics(2) www.defencedynamics.mod.uk £22,000 (1 October 2007 to 31 March 2008) 1,549,220 (number of 'hits' 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2008) 
			 Defence Engineering and Science Group www.desg.mod.uk £360 78,000 
			 Defence Estates www.defence-estates.mod.uk Included in costs for www.mod.uk Site averages 2,000 hits per day since September 
			 Defence Export Services Organisation www.deso.mod.uk n/a n/a 
			 Defence Image Database www.defenceimagedatabase.mod.uk n/a n/a 
			 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory www.dstl.mod.uk n/a 624,611 (over last 12 months) 
			 Defence Support Group(3) www.dsg.mod.uk £23,333 April to October 2008 25,329 April to October 2008 
			 Disposal Services Authority www.edisposals.com £255,810 183,241 
			 Met Office www.metoffice.gov.uk £569,278 232,938,512 (page views) 
			 Ministry of Defence www.mod.uk £325,600 4,336,104 
			 MOD Procurement Portal www.contracts.mod.uk n/a n/a 
			 National Army Museum (NAM) www.national-army-museum.ac.uk n/a n/a 
			 National Employer Advisory Board www.sabre.mod.uk £28,975 (staff costs not included) 65,669 
			 RAF www.raf.mod.uk £155,000 6,216,030 
			 Royal Navy www.royalnavy.mod.uk £283,000 4,369,726 
			 Service Children's Education www.sceschools.com/new €2,000 10,360,831 (This is number of 'hits' for November 2007 to October 2008) 
			 Service Personnel and Veterans Agency www.veterans-uk.info £31,736 696,135 
			 Soldier www.soldier.mod.uk n/a n/a 
			 UK Defence Standardisation www.dstan.mod.uk £3,608 (1 January to 31 May 2008) 84,193 (1 January to 31 May 2008)) 
			 UK Hydrographic Office www.ukho.gov.uk £197,568 FY 2008-09 373,077 October 2007 to October 08 
			 Admiralty charts and publications www.nmwebsearch.com Included in cost for UKHO 48,191 October 2007 to October 2008 
			 Schools—Defence Dynamics www.schools.defencedynamics.mod.uk n/a n/a 
			 n/a = Not available.  (1 )Not applicable.  (2) The Defence Dynamics site launched in October 2007; figures provided are from 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2008 and do not include the cost of the original site build or the cost of producing lessons to be displayed on the site as these are not considered to be site 'maintenance' expenses.  (3) Defence Support Group (DSG) was born of the merger of ABRO and DARA on 1 April 2008. (The annualised cost of maintaining the site is estimated at £40,000)

EU Carrier Group

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on participation in the EU Carrier Group; which  (a) Royal Navy and  (b) Fisheries Protection Squadron vessels he expects to participate in the Group's activities; and if he will make a statement.

Bob Ainsworth: My right hon. Friend, the Minister for International Defence and Security attended the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council on 10 November where she signed the declaration of intent to establish a European Carrier Group Interoperability Initiative on behalf of the UK.
	This is a high level declaration of intent aiming to increase interoperability between countries operating aircraft carriers or with naval vessels able to support carrier operations. There is no intention to create a standing carrier group and as such no standing commitment of either Royal Navy or fishery protection vessels is envisaged.

Military Aircraft

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how long it takes to scramble the (a) Harrier GR9 and (b) Tornado GR4 from the time from requirement to the notification of the aircraft, when those aircraft are held on GCAS alert.

Bob Ainsworth: The International Security Assistance (ISAF) requirements for Ground Close Air Support (GCAS) alert are met by both aircraft. I am withholding details of the time it takes to scramble these aircraft, as its release would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of our armed forces.

Military Attachés

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) expenditure on and (b) number of defence attachés was in each year since 2003.

Bob Ainsworth: The expenditure on attachés for each year since 2003 is shown in Table 1. Individual attaché costs cannot be disaggregated from the overall budget dating back to 2003 as the associated support costs are given as an overall total for the Defence attaché budget. These additional costs include support staff, travel and subsistence, medical and dental costs and provision for the cost of living allowance for each country.
	The number of attachés for each year since 2003 is shown in Table 2.
	
		
			 Table 1 
			 £ million 
			 2003-04 30.040 
			 2004-05 30.791 
			 2005-06 31.030 
			 2006-07 29.373 
			 2007-08 29.707 
			 Notes: 1. The Defence Section in Afghanistan opened in November 2007. There are no costs available from that date as the Defence Section is funded through operational funds which cannot be disaggregated from the overall budget. 2. These costs include estimated costs for personnel funded by the single service funds which cannot be disaggregated from their overall budgets. 3. Final costs for financial year 2008-09 will not be available until after 31 March 2009. 4. All the costs in the table exclude pre-post preparation training costs that fall to the single service budgets; these are assessed to be in the order of £8.7 million at FY 2007-08 prices. 5. All the costs in the table are at their respective financial year prices. 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 2 
			 Country 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09(1) 
			 Afghanistan(2) 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Albania 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Algeria3 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Angola 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Argentina 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Australia 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Austria(3) 1 1 1 1 1 3 
			 Bahrain 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bangladesh 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Barbados(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Brazil(3) 2 2 2 1 1 1 
			 Brunei(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bulgaria 2 2 2 2 1 1 
			 Canada 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Chile(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 China(3) 2 2 2 3 3 3 
			 Colombia(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Congo, Democratic Republic of(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Croatia 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Cyprus 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Czech Republic 2 2 2 1 1 1 
			 Denmark 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Egypt 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Ethiopia(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Finland(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 France 3 3 3 3 3 2 
			 Georgia(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Germany(2) 4 4 4 3 3 3 
			 Ghana(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Greece 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Guatemala 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Hungary 2 1 1 1 1 0 
			 India(5) 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Indonesia(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Iraq 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Ireland 1 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Israel 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Italy(3) 3 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Jamaica(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Japan 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Jordan 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Kazakhstan(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Kenya(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Korea 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Kuwait 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Latvia 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Lebanon 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Lithuania 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Macedonia 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Malaysia(3) 2 2 2 2 1 1 
			 Morocco(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Nepal(2) 1 1 2 2 2 2 
			 Netherlands(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 New Zealand(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Nigeria 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Norway 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Oman 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Pakistan(6) 2 2 2 2 2 3 
			 Philippines 1 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Poland 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Portugal(4) 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Qatar 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Romania(3) 2 2 2 2 1 1 
			 Russia(3) 6 6 6 6 6 5 
			 Saudi Arabia 3 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Serbia3 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Sierra Leone(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Singapore 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Slovakia 2 2 2 2 1 0 
			 Slovenia 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 South Africa(3) 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Spain 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 Sri Lanka 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Sudan 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Sweden 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Syria 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Thailand 1 1 1 1 1 0 
			 Turkey 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Uganda(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Ukraine 2 2 2 2 2 1 
			 United Arab Emirates 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 United States of America 8 8 8 8 8 8 
			 UK Mission to UN New York 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Uzbekistan 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Venezuela 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Yemen 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Zimbabwe(3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Totals 129 125 127 124 119 105 
			 Notes: 1. Correct figures as at 7 November 2008 2 Attaches that are funded by operational funds or the Single Services. 3 These attaches have non-residential accreditation responsibilities in other countries. 4 These countries attachés are resident in London  5 Two Senior advisers (the Defence and Military Adviser and the Naval and Air Adviser) are supported by an Assistant Defence Adviser 6 Two Senior advisors (the Defence and Military Adviser and the Naval and Air Adviser) are supported by an Assistant Defence Adviser. An additional adviser is now at post in the role of Assistant Military Adviser.

Audit: Standards

Frank Dobson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with  (a) individual firms of accountants and he representatives of the accountancy profession of the standard of auditing of the accounts of (i) Northern Rock, (ii) Bradford and Bingley, (iii) HBOS and (iv) Royal Bank of Scotland respectively.

Ian Pearson: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings and discussions with a wide variety of organisations as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings and discussions.

Departmental Pay

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment was in each year; and if he will make a statement.

Angela Eagle: The requested information for 2007-08 is shown in the following table.
	
		
			   2007-08 
			 Performance bonuses (£000) 1,083 
			 Special bonuses (£000) 177 
			   
			  Number of staff:  
			 Special bonus 382 
			 Performance bonus 461 
			   
			  Percentage of staff( 1) :  
			 Special bonus 34 
			 Performance bonus 41 
			   
			 Highest amount 18,000 
			 (1) Based on fte headcount at end of each financial year 
		
	
	For information on prior years I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the then Financial Secretary (John Healey) gave him on 20 June 2007,  Official Report, column 1881W.

Deprivation Indicators

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what the  (a) most and  (b) least deprived lower super output area is in each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales;
	(2)  what the  (a) highest and  (b) lowest ranking lower super output area on the crime domain for multiple index of deprivation is in each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales.

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.
	The following tables list the codes for the least and most deprived lower super output areas in the principal seaside towns in England, on the overall measure of multiple deprivation and across the seven domains of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007. Information on deprivation in Welsh towns can be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government Statistical Directorate.
	
		
			IMD  Income  Employment 
			Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived 
			  Town  LA name  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA 
			 Blackpool Blackpool E01012721 E01012718 E01012721 E01012717 E01012721 E01012717 
			 Bognor Regis Arun E01031456 E01031383 E01031429 E01031412 E01031456 E01031392 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth E01015282 E01015315 E01015282 E01015319 E01015282 E01015319 
			 Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire E01012948 E01013093 E01012946 E01013088 E01012944 E01013012 
			 Brighton Brighton and Hove E01016947 E01016984 E01016865 E01016984 E01016942 E01016899 
			 Burnham-on-Sea Sedgemoor E01029106 E01029104 E01029106 E01029128 E01029112 E01029128 
			 Clacton Tendring E01021988 E01022005 E01021988 E01022013 E01021988 E01022013 
			 Dawlish/Teignmouth Teignbridge E01020272 E01020239 E01020272 E01020242 E01020228 E01020242 
			 Deal Dover E01024240 E01024233 E01024240 E01024233 E01024199 E01024238 
			 Eastbourne Eastbourne E01020912 E01020933 E01020923 E01020946 E01020911 E01020933 
			 Exmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019931 E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 
			 Falmouth Carrick E01018841 E01018848 E01018841 E01018816 E01018841 E01018827 
			 Folkestone/Hythe Shepway E01024504 E01024523 E01024507 E01024523 E01024506 E01024519 
			 Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth E01026625 E01026587 E01026625 E01026587 E01026625 E01026587 
			 Hastings/Bexhill Hastings E01020972 E01020970 E01020972 E01020970 E01020972 E01020987 
			 Ilfracombe North Devon E01020112 E01020090 E01020103 E01020133 E01020112 E01020133 
			 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight E01017332 E01017352 E01017345 E01017293 E01017336 E01017302 
			 Lowestoft Waveney E01030258 E01030284 E01030258 E01030288 E01030258 E01030292 
			 Minehead, West Somerset E01029344 E01029331 E01029344 E01029342 E01029344 E01029338 
			 Morecambe/Heysham Lancaster E01025110 E01025146 E01025156 E01025105 E01025110 E01025105 
			 Newquay Restormel E01019056 E01019017 E01019056 E01019017 E01019033 E01019016 
			 Penzance Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01018997 E01019011 
			 Scarborough Scarborough E01027806 E01027844 E01027874 E01027855 E01027847 E01027857 
			 Sidmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019931 E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 
			 Skegness East Lindsey E01026093 E01026063 E01026083 E01026063 E01026093 E01026061 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea E01015842 E01015908 E01015842 E01015914 E01015842 E01015830 
			 Southport Sefton E01007007 E01006985 E01007007 E01006991 E01007007 E01006985 
			 St. Ives East Dorset E01020393 E01020377 E01020393 E01020377 E01020394 E01020409 
			 St. Ives Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01018997 E01019011 
			 Swanage Purbeck E01020489 E01020470 E01020472 E01020470 E01020485 E01020470 
			 Thanet Thanet E01024678 E01024708 E01024678 E01024650 E01024678 E01024689 
			 Torbay Torbay E01015217 E01015208 E01015257 E01015208 E01015217 E01015251 
			 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset E01014831 E01014798 E01014831 E01014793 E01014801 E01014791 
			 Weymouth Weymouth and Portland E01020554 E01020558 E01020552 E01020559 E01020554 E01020558 
			 Whitby Scarborough E01027806 E01027844 E01027874 E01027855 E01027847 E01027857 
			 Whitley Bay North Tyneside E01008485 E01008523 E01008485 E01008563 E01008485 E01008548 
			 Whitstable/Herne Bay Canterbury E01024080 E01024056 E01024061 E01024051 E01024080 E01024051 
			 Worthing Worthing E01031819 E01031824 E01031819 E01031824 E01031811 E01031824 
		
	
	
		
			Health & Disability  Education, Skills & Training  Barriers to Housing & Services 
			Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived 
			  Town  LA name  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA 
			 Blackpool Blackpool E01012721 E01012718 E01012720 E01012722 E01012704 E01012725 
			 Bognor Regis Arun E01031456 E01031389 E01031429 E01031416 E01031392 E01031464 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth E01015282 E01015319 E01015313 E01015344 E01015370 E01015335 
			 Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire E01012948 E01013088 E01013002 E01013070 E01012981 E01012999 
			 Brighton Brighton and Hove E01016942 E01016983 E01016915 E01017001 E01016899 E01016961 
			 Burnham-on-Sea Sedgemoor E01029132 E01029128 E01029106 E01029147 E01029147 E01029127 
			 Clacton Tendring E01022025 E01021978 E01021988 E01021987 E01021974 E01022035 
			 Dawlish/Teignmouth Teignbridge E01020228 E01020194 E01020212 E01020274 E01020259 E01020265 
			 Deal Dover E01024215 E01024233 E01024240 E01024211 E01024249 E01024221 
			 Eastbourne Eastbourne E01020920 E01020960 E01020923 E01020946 E01020958 E01020939 
			 Exmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 E01019938 E01019948 
			 Falmouth Carrick E01018841 E01018816 E01018841 E01018816 E01018850 E01018848 
			 Folkestone/Hythe Shepway E01024506 E01024490 E01024498 E01024523 E01024549 E01024512 
			 Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth E01026625 E01026587 E01026619 E01026611 E01026609 E01026639 
			 Hastings/Bexhill Hastings E01020989 E01020970 E01020972 E01020970 E01020970 E01021013 
			 Ilfracombe North Devon E01020112 E01020127 E01020103 E01020128 E01020100 E01020105 
			 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight E01017336 E01017351 E01017332 E01017316 E01017297 E01017344 
			 Lowestoft Waveney E01030258 E01030237 E01030277 E01030224 E01030285 E01030288 
			 Minehead, West Somerset E01029344 E01029338 E01029344 E01029335 E01029338 E01029332 
			 Morecambe/Heysham Lancaster E01025110 E01025105 E01025156 E01025103 E01025132 E01025098 
			 Newquay Restormel E01019041 E01019017 E01019055 E01019017 E01019060 E01019072 
			 Penzance Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01019006 E01018993 
			 Scarborough Scarborough E01027806 E01027814 E01027874 E01027855 E01027857 E01027871 
			 Sidmouth East Devon E01019914 E01019964 E01019914 E01019964 E01019938 E01019948 
			 Skegness East Lindsey E01026073 E01026098 E01026083 E01026119 E01026082 E01026054 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea E01015842 E01015908 E01015842 E01015908 E01015827 E01015910 
			 Southport Sefton E01007009 E01006985 E01007019 E01006974 E01007038 E01007102 
			 St. Ives East Dorset E01020393 E01020415 E01020393 E01020380 E01020396 E01020426 
			 St. Ives Penwith E01018997 E01018985 E01018997 E01019011 E01019006 E01018993 
			 Swanage Purbeck E01020485 E01020470 E01020471 E01020470 E01020490 E01020492 
			 Thanet Thanet E01024676 E01024635 E01024682 E01024642 E01024703 E01024655 
			 Torbay Torbay E01015217 E01015208 E01015266 E01015271 E01015190 E01015211 
			 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset E01014832 E01014850 E01014831 E01014766 E01014766 E01014816 
			 Weymouth Weymouth and Portland E01020554 E01020560 E01020552 E01020558 E01020569 E01020588 
			 Whitby Scarborough E01027806 E01027814 E01027874 E01027855 E01027857 E01027871 
			 Whitley Bay North Tyneside E01008545 E01008546 E01008484 E01008563 E01008480 E01008546 
			 Whitstable/Herne Bay Canterbury E01024092 E01024056 E01024047 E01024131 E01024054 E01024115 
			 Worthing Worthing E01031790 E01031824 E01031819 E01031803 E01031832 E01031797 
		
	
	
		
			Crime & Disorder  Living Environment 
			Most deprived  Least deprived  Most deprived  Least deprived 
			  Town  LA name  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA  LSOA 
			 Blackpool Blackpool E01012736 E01012662 E01012673 E01012722 
			 Bognor Regis Arun E01031454 E01031458 E01031427 E01031383 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth E01015367 E01015315 E01015279 E01015315 
			 Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire E01013000 E01013122 E01012948 E01012939 
			 Brighton Brighton and Hove E01016952 E01016998 E01016952 E01017008 
			 Burnham-on-Sea Sedgemoor E01029098 E01029103 E01029095 E01029115 
			 Clacton Tendring E01021988 E01022012 E01021988 E01022004 
			 Dawlish/Teignmouth Teignbridge E01020269 E01020193 E01020224 E01020215 
			 Deal Dover E01024241 E01024213 E01024215 E01024256 
			 Eastbourne Eastbourne E01020912 E01020948 E01020912 E01020926 
			 Exmouth East Devon E01019918 E01019897 E01019916 E01019905 
			 Falmouth Carrick E01018809 E01018827 E01018836 E01018813 
			 Folkestone/Hythe Shepway E01024504 E01024536 E01024504 E01024542 
			 Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth E01026626 E01026629 E01026626 E01026582 
			 Hastings/Bexhill Hastings E01020979 E01020971 E01020984 E01020995 
			 Ilfracombe North Devon E01020113 E01020107 E01020112 E01020085 
			 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight E01017336 E01017298 E01017340 E01017352 
			 Lowestoft Waveney E01030258 E01030245 E01030250 E01030239 
			 Minehead, West Somerset E01029330 E01029327 E01029338 E01029331 
			 Morecambe/Heysham Lancaster E01025139 E01025160 E01025117 E01025158 
			 Newquay Restormel E01019029 E01019045 E01019056 E01019018 
			 Penzance Penwith E01018999 E01018975 E01019012 E01018983 
			 Scarborough Scarborough E01027806 E01027834 E01027804 E01027855 
			 Sidmouth East Devon E01019918 E01019897 E01019916 E01019905 
			 Skegness East Lindsey E01026069 E01026098 E01026093 E01026085 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea E01015841 E01015866 E01015852 E01015885 
			 Southport Sefton E01007051 E01007093 E01007003 E01006991 
			 St. Ives East Dorset E01020392 E01020378 E01020396 E01020374 
			 St. Ives Penwith E01018999 E01018975 E01019012 E01018983 
			 Swanage Purbeck E01020472 E01020491 E01020490 E01020470 
			 Thanet Thanet E01024676 E01024644 E01024676 E01024637 
			 Torbay Torbay E01015267 E01015251 E01015231 E01015226 
			 Weston-super-Mare North Somerset E01014801 E01014793 E01014802 E01014793 
			 Weymouth Weymouth and Portland E01020554 E01020559 E01020554 E01020560 
			 Whitby Scarborough E01027806 E01027834 E01027804 E01027855 
			 Whitley Bay North Tyneside E01008584 E01008518 E01008572 E01008551 
			 Whitstable/Herne Bay Canterbury E01024080 E01024054 E01024080 E01024056 
			 Worthing Worthing E01031787 E01031804 E01031810 E01031820

Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice he received from the Financial Services Authority on the position of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Limited prior to the decision to bring the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 into force.

Ian Pearson: The FSA intensified its supervision of deposit-taking by Icelandic banks (including through increased contact with firms, more frequent visits and enhanced reporting requirements) from the beginning of 2008. As the economic situation deteriorated during the year and particularly since September, the FSA worked increasingly with the banks concerned. As the Memorandum of Understanding between HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the FSA sets out, the FSA informs the Tripartite of its concerns on a regular basis.

Landsbanki

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what information his Department received on the financial position of Landsbanki between February and October 2008;
	(2)  what information his Department received on Icesave accounts between Landsbanki between February and October 2008.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 23 October 2008
	The FSA intensified its supervision of deposit-taking by Icelandic banks (including through increased contact with the banks themselves and the Icelandic regulator) from the beginning of 2008. As the macroeconomic situation deteriorated during the year and particularly since September the FSA has worked increasingly intensively with the banks concerned.
	As the Memorandum of Understanding between HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the FSA sets out, the FSA informs the Tripartite of any concerns about individual financial institutions on a regular basis.

Members: Correspondence

Ann Winterton: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 8 September 2008 from the hon. Member for Congleton on behalf of her constituent Mr. Peter Carr.

Ian Pearson: The former Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Kitty Ussher) replied to the hon. Lady on 18 September.

Departmental Databases

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what use  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.

Gillian Merron: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has no central record to indicate that MOSAIC or ACORN data has been used. To provide more detailed information would require a search by all directorates and posts which would incur a disproportionate cost.

Departmental Pay

Daniel Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of  (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts,  (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and  (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005.

Gillian Merron: The following table sets out the annual cost of salaries paid by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to permanent civil servants, to permanent non-civil servants and to temporary, agency or fee-paid workers during the last three years.
	
		
			  £ 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 UK Civil Servants 254,713,000 258,826,000 262,746,000 
			 Non- Civil Servants 426,000 640,000 781,000 
			 Temporary/agency/fee paid staff 12,239,000 13,022,000 14,832,000 
		
	
	Unfortunately the data is not stored in a form which enables us to break the figures down into monthly totals.

Mexico: Trade Unions

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Mexican government on the position of the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico; and if he will make a statement.

Gillian Merron: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has made no representations to the Mexican government on the position of the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico.
	The explosion at the Pasta de Conchas mine in Mexico in 2006, which killed 65
	miners from the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union, was a tragedy. We expect the unions and the Government of Mexico to continue to work to improve the safety of mine workers.

Official Cars

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which make and model of car he has chosen as his Ministerial car to be provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency.

Gillian Merron: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick) on 16 July 2008,  Official Report, column 414W.

Arachnoditis

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people who have arachnoditis as a result of having previously undergone medical procedures involving Myodil.

Ann Keen: We have made no estimate.

Association of Greater Manchester Primary Care Trusts: Grants

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Association of Greater Manchester Primary Care Trusts has given to  (a) the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisations,  (b) Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support and  (c) Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Learning Consortium in the last 24 months.

Phil Hope: The information requested is not collected centrally. It is the responsibility of local primary care trusts to determine how best to use the resources allocated to them to meet the health needs of their local populations.

Care Homes: Inspections

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) improvement plans,  (b) warning letters,  (c) statutory requirement notices,  (d) changes to conditions of registration and  (e) cancellations of registration were issued by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in each category of care in 2007-08.

Phil Hope: I am informed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that it is unable to provide information relating to warning letters or improvement plans, as these are held within individual service records and not specifically recorded in CSCI's central registration and inspection database.
	CSCI is unable to specify the number of imposed changes to conditions of registration prior to 1 November 2007, as its previous database did not make the distinction between changes to registration made by the service provider and changes which had been imposed by CSCI. Between 1 November 2007 and 31 March 2008, there were six imposed changes to conditions of registration, all of which were related to care homes.
	The following table shows numbers of statutory requirement notices issued, non-urgent and urgent cancellations of registration between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008.
	
		
			  Type of service  Statutory requirement notices issued  Non-urgent cancellations of registration  Urgent cancellations of registration( 1) 
			 Domiciliary care agency 45 22 0 
			 Nursing agency 8 17 0 
			 Care home 440 27 9 
			 Adult placement scheme 0 0 0 
			 Total 493 66 9 
			 (1) These are applications under Section 20 of the Care Standards Act 2000, which provides a vehicle for making urgent or emergency applications in circumstances where CSCI staff consider that there is a serious risk to a person's life, health or well-being. There were 11 section 20 applications in 2007-08, of which nine resulted in a cancellation of registration. The remaining two relate to impositions of conditions.   Source:  CSCI registration and inspection database.

Departmental NDPBs

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department last reviewed the work of  (a) Monitor,  (b) the Standard Dental Advisory Committee,  (c) the Doctors and Dentists Review Body,  (d) the NHS Litigation Authority,  (e) the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement,  (f) the NHS Business Services Authority and  (g) the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency; and if he will place copies of each such review in the Library.

Ben Bradshaw: The following five bodies listed are Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) and were reviewed as part of the Department's Review of ALBs in 2004:
	Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts (Monitor);
	NHS Litigation Authority;
	NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement;
	NHS Business Services Authority; and
	NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.
	The report, 'Reconfiguring the Department of Health's Arm's Length Bodies', which was issued on 25 November 2004 has been placed in the Library and is published on the Department's website:
	http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/Browsable/DH_4095954
	Since 2004 the following further reviews have taken place:
	The NHS Litigation Authority has recently undergone a 'fitness for purpose' review that is due to report soon.
	The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is currently undergoing a review that is due to complete in January 2009.
	The following two bodies listed are advisory non-departmental public bodies:
	The Standing Dental Advisory Committee; and
	The Doctors and Dentist Review Body.
	Following a public consultation which ended in January 2008 a decision has been made to abolish the Standing Dental Advisory Committee.
	The response to the consultation has been placed in the Library and published on the Department's website and can be found at:
	http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsesto consultations/DH_086586
	The Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body (DDRB) is one of six independent Pay Review Bodies which advise the Prime Minister and various Secretaries of State on matters referred to them, primarily making annual recommendations about pay levels.
	The DDRB was established in 1971 with changes to the terms of reference introduced in 1998, 2003 and 2007.
	The Department keeps under review the system of setting pay for doctors and dentists and the membership of the DDRB and is satisfied with the current arrangements.

Departmental NDPBs

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission;
	(2)  how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the Human Medicines Commission;
	(3)  how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the Safety of Devices Committee;
	(4)  what  (a) capital,  (b) revenue and  (c) other funding his Department has given to the Borderline Products Independent Review Panel since its inception;
	(5)  what  (a) capital,  (b) revenue and  (c) other funding his Department has given to the Human Medicines Commission since its inception;
	(6)  what  (a) capital,  (b) revenue and  (c) other funding his Department has given to the Safety of Devices Commission since its inception.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department does not provide any Capital, funding or revenue for the Commission for Human Medicines (CHM) or the Borderline Products Independent Review Panel. Members are paid a preparation and attendance fee and travel costs for turning up to meetings. CHM Commissioners are paid a taxable preparation and attendance fee of £275 and any travel and accommodation expenses for a meeting. The Chairman is paid a taxable preparation and attendance fee £400 plus travel and accommodation expenses.
	Borderline Products Independent Review Panel Members are paid a preparation and attendance fee of £150 (taxable) and any travel and accommodation expenses for a meeting. The Chairman is paid a preparation and attendance fee £275 (taxable) plus travel and accommodation expenses.
	The costs for these are entirely funded from the statutory fees raised on medicines licences, which are collected by the Medicines and Health care products Regulatory Agency.
	The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) does not employ any full time whole equivalent staff. The Commission meets monthly and the Secretariat for those meetings is provided by the Commission Secretariat who are employed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
	There are no full-time equivalent staff employed by the Committee on the Safety of Devices. Members are paid a taxable preparation and attendance fee of £168.50 and any travel and accommodation expenses for a meeting. The Chairman is paid a taxable preparation and attendance fee of £210 and any travel and accommodation expenses for a meeting.
	The British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BPC) does not employ any full time whole equivalent staff. The Commission meets three times a year and the Secretariat for those meetings is provided by the British Pharmacopoeia Secretariat who are employed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Gastrointestinal System: Cancer

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2008,  Official Report, column 93W, on upper gastrointestinal cancer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of this policy in respect of the contrast between outcomes in those areas where the improving outcomes in upper gastrointestinal cancer had been implemented and those where it had not been implemented.

Ann Keen: An assessment of the extent to which outcomes have improved for patients with upper gastro-intestinal cancer since the implementation of "Improving Outcomes for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers" will be undertaken in due course, when data at a national level is available.

Influenza: Vaccinations

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the level of take-up of influenza vaccinations in  (a) Southend West constituency,  (b) Essex and  (c) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age group.

Dawn Primarolo: The Department collects data on influenza uptake for age groups within the national influenza vaccination programme. These are people aged 65 years and over and those aged under 65 years in a clinical risk group. The Department does not collect data on uptake for those outside these groups. Influenza uptake data are collected by primary care trust (PCT) rather than by constituency.
	Uptake figures by PCT are contained in the following documents which have already been placed in the Library.
	Vaccination uptake among the 65 years and over and under 65 years at risk in England 2007-08.
	Vaccination uptake among the 65 years and over and under 65 years at risk in England 2006-07.
	Influenza vaccine uptake in patients aged 65 years and over and under 65s at risk, England 2005-06
	Influenza vaccine uptake in patients aged 65 years and over and under 65s at risk, England 2004-05
	Data for the 2008-09 season will be available in the new year.

NHS: Finance

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2008,  Official Report, column 87W, on NHS finance, whether NHS organisations that generated a surplus in 2007-08 are permitted to count this towards the surplus they are expected to generate in 2008-09.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department has made it clear in the 2008-09 Operating Framework that the surplus delivered by strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in 2007-08 will be carried forward to 2008-09. As a result, this surplus relating to the 2007-08 financial year is included within the financial position reported in 2008-09.
	We also made clear in the 2008-09 Operating Framework that we expect the national health service should plan for a surplus at least equivalent to the surplus achieved in 2007-08.

NHS: Finance

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 88-89W, on NHS finance, whether any restrictions are placed on NHS organisations as to how they spend surpluses which are carried over into the next financial year.

Ben Bradshaw: We made it clear in the Operating Framework 2008-09 for that surpluses generated in 2007-08 will be carried forward to 2008-09, and that the national health service should plan for a surplus at least equivalent to the surplus achieved in 2007-08.
	"The Operating Framework for 2008-09" clearly states that strategic health authorities have the flexibility to determine within their economies, the level of contingency necessary to ensure delivery of their financial plans, and where this contingency is best held.
	Aside from this, the Department has placed no restrictions (further to the normal accounting rules) on how NHS organisations spend their surpluses.

Obesity: Health Services

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to introduce national guidelines for the way NHS staff deal with bariatric people.

Dawn Primarolo: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has set "Guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children", available at
	http://www.nice.org.uk/CG43.
	This guidance is for both health and non-health professionals, and contains guidance on when bariatric surgery may be considered as an option.
	It is up to primary care trusts as local commissioners and providers of services to determine the most appropriate methods to deliver health care to their populations, based on clinical need and effectiveness, and following medical advice.
	The care and treatment of individual patients who undergo surgery remains a matter for their clinical team who will base the treatment on the most appropriate clinical evidence, and the wishes of the patient.

Primary Care Trusts

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what reports he has received on the late payment of bills by primary care trusts (PCTs); and what representations his Department has received from  (a) cleaning contractors and  (b) hospital food contractors on the late payment of bills by PCTs.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department routinely collects data from the national health service on the payment of bills. The latest data available for quarter 1 of 2008-09 is as follows, shows the number of NHS and non-NHS bills that were paid by each primary care trust.
	NHS trusts and primary care trusts are required to comply with the Confederation of British Industry's "Better Payment Practice Code" target of paying 95 per cent. of undisputed invoices within contract terms of 30 days where no terms have been agreed.
	The Department does not collect information on the payment of bills to specific
	
		
			  Non-NHS bills  NHS bills  All bills 
			  Non-NHS   NHS 
			  Bills paid in period  Bills paid within target   Bills paid in period  Bills paid within target   Bills paid in period  Bills paid within target  
			  Name  Org code  HA  Business year  No.  No.  %  No.  No.  %  No.  No.  % 
			 North Tees Teaching PCT 5E1 Q30 2008-09 409 389 95 3,808 3,661 96 4,217 4,050 96 
			 Newcastle PCT 5D7 Q30 2008-09 6,770 5,002 74 624 329 53 7,394 5,331 72 
			 North Tyneside PCT 5D8 Q30 2008-09 3,254 2,459 76 447 264 59 3,701 2,723 74 
			 Hartlepool PCT 5D9 Q30 2008-09 2,119 2,056 97 382 367 96 2,501 2,423 97 
			 Darlington PCT 5J9 Q30 2008-09 2,213 1,530 69 221 158 71 2,434 1,686 69 
			 Gateshead PCT 5KF Q30 2008-09 908 758 83 83 78 94 991 836 84 
			 South Tyneside PCT 5KG Q30 2008-09 304 268 88 185 166 90 489 434 89 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 5KL Q30 2008-09 924 840 91 229 206 91 1,153 1,048 91 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 5KM Q30 2008-09 2,838 2,416 85 310 242 78 3,148 2,658 84 
			 County Durham PCT 5ND Q30 2008-09 16,283 11,436 70 930 564 61 17,213 12,000 70 
			 Redcar And Cleveland PCT 5QR Q30 2008-09 1,911 1,684 88 133 105 79 2,044 1,789 88 
			 Northumberland Care PCT TAC Q30 2008-09 5,763 4,206 73 576 306 53 6,339 4,512 71 
			 Blackburn with Darwen PCT 5CC Q31 2008-09 3,498 3,355 96 532 513 96 4,030 3,868 96 
			 Salford PCT 5F5 Q31 2008-09 8,498 8,269 97 498 485 97 8,996 8,754 97 
			 Stockport PCT 5F7 Q31 2008-09 3,544 3,383 95 482 465 96 4,026 3,848 96 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 5HG Q31 2008-09 5,912 5,555 94 532 490 92 6,444 6,045 94 
			 Blackpool PCT 5HP Q31 2008-09 9,118 8,378 92 1,617 1,441 89 10,735 9,819 91 
			 Bolton PCT 5HQ Q31 2008-09 7,684 7,490 97 663 631 95 8,347 8,121 97 
			 Warrington PCT 5J2 Q31 2008-09 4,447 4,210 95 367 348 95 4,814 4,558 95 
			 Knowsley PCT 5J4 Q31 2008-09 4,696 4,348 93 377 289 77 5,073 4,637 91 
			 Oldham PCT 5J5 Q31 2008-09 4,800 4,659 97 598 574 96 5,398 5,233 97 
			 Bury PCT 5JX Q31 2008-09 5,808 5,711 98 738 691 94 6,546 6,402 98 
			 Tameside And Glossop PCT 5LH Q31 2008-09 6,331 6,199 98 495 476 96 6,826 6,675 98 
			 Cumbria Teaching PCT 5NE Q31 2008-09 8,293 5,004 60 774 601 78 9,067 5,605 62 
			 North Lancashire Teaching PCT 5NF Q31 2008-09 6,658 6,260 94 947 703 74 7,605 6,963 92 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 5NG Q31 2008-09 12,392 11,165 90 997 847 85 13,389 12,012 90 
			 East Lancashire Teaching PCT 5NH Q31 2008-09 13,347 12,619 95 942 883 94 14,289 13,502 94 
			 Sefton PCT 5NJ Q31 2008-09 4,383 2,169 49 540 82 15 4,923 2,251 46 
			 Wirral PCT 5NK Q31 2008-09 6,818 6,272 92 565 406 72 7,383 6,678 90 
			 Liverpool PCT 5NL Q31 2008-09 8,052 5,037 63 255 124 49 8,307 5,161 62 
			 Halton and St Helens PCT 5NM Q31 2008-09 7,509 6,499 87 657 427 65 8,166 6,926 85 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 5NN Q31 2008-09 3,512 3,119 89 517 390 75 4,029 3,509 87 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 5NP Q31 2008-09 8,262 7,541 91 669 492 74 8,931 8,033 90 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 5NQ Q31 2008-09 6,432 6,173 96 494 461 93 6,926 6,634 96 
			 Trafford PCT 5NR Q31 2008-09 4,968 4,834 97 364 347 95 5,332 5,181 97 
			 Manchester PCT 5NT Q31 2008-09 11,991 8,031 67 931 465 50 12,922 8,496 66 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 5EF Q32 2008-09 2,307 2,086 90 403 298 74 2,710 2,384 88 
			 Rotherham PCT 5H8 Q32 2008-09 6,211 5,967 96 526 521 99 6,737 6,488 96 
			 Calderdale PCT 5J6 Q32 2008-09 2,840 2,778 98 481 465 97 3,321 3,243 98 
			 Barnsley PCT 5JE Q32 2008-09 6,712 6,199 92 668 628 94 7,380 6,827 93 
			 Leeds PCT 5N1 Q32 2008-09 13,249 12,831 97 960 909 95 14,209 13,740 97 
			 Kirklees PCT 5N2 Q32 2008-09 6,005 5,350 89 631 561 89 6,636 5,911 89 
			 Wakefield District PCT 5N3 Q32 2008-09 5,777 5,207 90 815 644 79 6,592 5,851 89 
			 Sheffield PCT SN4 Q32 2008-09 8,861 6,991 79 813 655 81 9,674 7,646 79 
			 Doncaster PCT 5N5 Q32 2008-09 5,453 5,239 96 747 684 92 6,200 5,923 96 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 5NV Q32 2008-09 12,768 10,112 79 1,714 1,140 67 14,482 11,252 78 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 5NW Q32 2008-09 4,811 4,229 88 758 641 85 5,569 4,870 87 
			 Hull Teaching PCT 5NX Q32 2008-09 4,940 3,588 73 612 351 57 5,552 3,939 71 
			 Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 5NY Q32 2008-09 7,890 6,973 88 1,091 892 82 8,981 7,865 88 
			 North East Lincolnshire PCT TAN Q32 2008-09 6,472 5,488 85 398 343 86 6,870 5,831 85 
			 Nottingham City PCT 5EM Q33 2008-09 5,642 5,200 92 500 403 81 6,142 5,603 91 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 5ET Q33 2008-09 1,844 1,756 95 304 290 95 2,148 2,046 95 
			 Derbyshire County PCT SN6 Q33 2008-09 11,934 10,417 87 1,137 871 77 13,071 11,288 86 
			 Derby City PCT 5N7 Q33 2008-09 3,908 3,770 96 857 847 99 4,765 4,617 97 
			 Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 5N8 Q33 2008-09 14,229 9,139 64 1,140 662 58 15,369 9,801 64 
			 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 5N9 Q33 2008-09 10,576 8,591 81 1,332 993 75 11,908 9,584 80 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 5PA Q33 2008-09 13,812 12,798 93 1,296 1,195 92 15,108 13,993 93 
			 Leicester City PCT 5PC Q33 2008-09 5,053 4,336 86 496 398 80 5,549 4,734 85 
			 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 5PD Q33 2008-09 52,285 49,847 95 942 804 85 53,227 50,651 95 
			 Herefordshire PCT 5CN Q34 2008-09 6,787 5,653 83 432 361 84 7,219 6,014 83 
			 South Birmingham PCT 5M1 Q34 2008-09 10,382 8,763 84 886 535 60 11,268 9,298 83 
			 Shropshire County PCT 5M2 Q34 2008-09 5,257 5,044 96 653 610 93 5,910 5,654 96 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 5M3 Q34 2008-09 12,029 10,978 91 531 493 93 12,560 11,471 91 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 5MD Q34 2008-09 5,750 5,424 94 617 435 71 6,367 5,859 92 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 5MK Q34 2008-09 3,581 3,450 96 506 484 96 4,087 3,934 96 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 5MV Q34 2008-09 7,174 4,065 57 508 346 68 7,682 4,411 57 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 5MX Q34 2008-09 7,248 6,430 89 533 523 98 7,781 6,953 89 
			 Dudley PCT 5PE Q34 2008-09 9,903 9,149 92 543 378 70 10,446 9,527 91 
			 Sandwell PCT 5PF Q34 2008-09 3,440 3,031 88 305 275 90 3,745 3,306 88 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 5PG Q34 2008-09 8,961 7,777 87 669 625 93 9,630 8,402 87 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 5PH Q34 2008-09 3,802 3,216 85 474 256 54 4,276 3,472 81 
			 Stoke on Trent PCT 5PJ Q34 2008-09 6,424 5,527 86 556 406 73 6,980 5,933 85 
			 South Staffordshire PCT 5PK Q34 2008-09 7,547 5,477 73 989 796 80 8,536 6,273 73 
			 Worcestershire PCT 5PL Q34 2008-09 7,129 6,116 86 915 761 83 8,044 6,877 85 
			 Warwickshire PCT 5PM Q34 2008-09 10,301 8,170 79 1,016 521 51 11,317 8,691 77 
			 Solihull Care PCT TAM Q34 2008-09 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			 Luton PCT 5GC Q35 2008-09 2,321 1,841 79 513 253 49 2,834 2,094 74 
			 South East Essex PCT 5P1 Q35 2008-09 4,733 4,081 86 1,533 1,288 84 6,266 5,369 86 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 5P2 Q35 2008-09 6,699 6,027 90 701 611 87 7,400 6,638 90 
			 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 5P3 Q35 2008-09 4,574 3,580 78 496 310 63 5,070 3,890 77 
			 West Hertfordshire PCT 5P4 Q35 2008-09 6,711 5,438 81 771 526 68 7,482 5,964 80 
			 Peterborough PCT 5PN Q35 2008-09 11,264 10,455 93 573 503 88 11,837 10,958 93 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT 5PP Q35 2008-09 9,779 6,864 70 1,246 538 43 11,025 7,402 67 
			 Norfolk PCT 5PQ Q35 2008-09 9,244 7,262 79 425 304 72 9,669 7,566 78 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT 5PR Q35 2008-09 2,860 2,440 85 625 460 74 3,485 2,900 83 
			 Suffolk PCT 5PT Q35 2008-09 8,941 8,278 93 872 688 79 9,813 8,966 91 
			 West Essex PCT 5PV Q35 2008-09 4,923 3,696 75 635 540 85 5,558 4,236 76 
			 North East Essex PCT 5PW Q35 2008-09 7,112 5,068 71 506 324 64 7,618 5,392 71 
			 Mid Essex PCT 5PX Q35 2008-09 5,163 4,216 82 582 446 77 5,745 4,662 81 
			 South West Essex PCT 5PY Q35 2008-09 7,220 6,342 88 526 399 76 7,746 6,741 87 
			 Havering PCT 5A4 Q36 2008-09 3,500 3,195 91 263 192 73 3,763 3,387 90 
			 Kingston PCT 5A5 Q36 2008-09 1,301 1,117 86 433 373 86 1,734 1,490 86 
			 Bromley PCT 5A7 Q36 2008-09 4,400 4,024 91 494 373 76 4,894 4,397 90 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 5A8 Q36 2008-09 3,984 3,784 95 388 380 98 4,372 4,164 95 
			 Barnet PCT 5A9 Q36 2008-09 7,027 5,928 84 369 290 79 7,396 6,218 84 
			 Hillingdon PCT 5AT Q36 2008-09 2,772 2,047 74 537 362 67 3,309 2,409 73 
			 Enfield PCT 5C1 Q36 2008-09 4,750 4,384 92 810 769 95 5,560 5,153 93 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 5C2 Q36 2008-09 7,121 6,199 87 505 423 84 7,626 6,622 87 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 5C3 Q36 2008-09 6,541 5,799 89 387 325 84 6,928 6,124 88 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 5C4 Q36 2008-09 8,702 7,322 84 708 532 75 9,410 7,854 83 
			 Newham PCT 5C5 Q36 2008-09 5,478 4,714 86 340 300 88 5,818 5,014 86 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 5C9 Q36 2008-09 6,915 6,655 96 1,593 1,560 98 8,508 8,215 97 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 5H1 Q36 2008-09 4,629 4,240 92 518 383 74 5,147 4,623 90 
			 Ealing PCT 5HX Q36 2008-09 8,200 7,640 93 597 485 81 8,797 8,125 92 
			 Hounslow PCT 5HY Q36 2008-09 4,663 4,196 90 304 206 68 4,967 4,402 89 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 5K5 Q36 2008-09 5,262 3,559 68 689 416 60 5,951 3,975 67 
			 Harrow PCT 5K6 Q36 2008-09 231 231 100 2,876 2,795 97 3,107 3,026 97 
			 Camden PCT 5K7 Q36 2008-09 6,787 3,995 59 659 514 78 7,446 4,509 61 
			 Islington PCT 5K8 Q36 2008-09 7,032 5,873 84 508 368 72 7,540 6,241 83 
			 Croydon PCT 5K9 Q36 2008-09 7,050 5,166 73 680 493 73 7,730 5,659 73 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 5LA Q36 2008-09 6,446 5,665 88 530 267 50 6,976 5,932 85 
			 Westminster PCT 5LC Q36 2008-09 5,469 5,045 92 655 548 84 6,124 5,593 91 
			 Lambeth PCT 5LD Q36 2008-09 8,214 5,999 73 941 745 79 9,155 6,744 74 
			 Southwark PCT 5LE Q36 2008-09 7,113 4,974 70 75,648 73,829 98 82,761 78,803 95 
			 Lewisham PCT 5LF Q36 2008-09 4,124 3,662 89 536 460 86 4,660 4,122 88 
			 Wandsworth PCT 5LG Q36 2008-09 9,645 8,206 85 998 627 63 10,643 8,833 83 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 5M6 Q36 2008-09 2,100 1,714 82 412 333 81 2,512 2,047 81 
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 5M7 Q36 2008-09 6,366 5,125 81 1,143 723 63 7,509 5,848 78 
			 Redbridge PCT 5NA Q36 2008-09 8,511 7,819 92 548 440 80 9,059 8,259 91 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 5NC Q36 2008-09 4,061 3,712 91 485 396 82 4,546 4,108 90 
			 Bexley Care PCT TAK Q36 2008-09 2,678 2,545 95 535 525 98 3,213 3,070 96 
			 Medway PCT 5L3 Q37 2008-09 4,404 4,043 92 778 566 73 5,182 4,609 89 
			 Brighton and Hove City PCT 5LQ Q37 2008-09 2,445 1,961 80 849 246 29 3,294 2,207 67 
			 Surrey PCT 5P5 Q37 2008-09 17,553 14,521 83 1,697 1,116 66 19,250 15,637 81 
			 West Sussex PCT 5P6 Q37 2008-09 13,493 11,589 86 1,079 599 56 14,572 12,188 84 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 5P7 Q37 2008-09 5,846 5,429 93 487 231 47 6,333 5,660 89 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 5P8 Q37 2008-09 2,078 1,809 87 328 198 60 2,406 2,007 83 
			 West Kent PCT 5P9 Q37 2008-09 8,668 7,595 88 2,057 1,411 69 10,725 9,006 84 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 5QA Q37 2008-09 6,623 3,532 53 624 432 69 7,247 3,964 55 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 5CQ Q38 2008-09 4,395 4,234 96 643 612 95 5,038 4,846 96 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 5FE Q38 2008-09 8,371 7,616 91 419 388 93 8,790 8,004 91 
			 Southampton City PCT 5L1 Q38 2008-09 8,309 8,172 98 581 568 98 8,890 8,740 98 
			 Hampshire PCT 5QC Q38 2008-09 23,058 20,979 91 2,186 1,945 89 25,244 22,924 91 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 5QD Q38 2008-09 2,150 1,845 86 222 137 62 2,372 1,982 84 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 5QE Q38 2008-09 11,456 10,523 92 772 649 84 12,228 11,172 91 
			 Berkshire West PCT 5QF Q38 2008-09 5,717 4,206 74 470 152 32 6,187 4,358 70 
			 Berkshire East PCT 5QG Q38 2008-09 4,456 3,147 71 468 169 36 4,924 3,316 67 
			 Isle of Wight NHS PCT 5QT Q38 2008-09 11,758 9,729 83 459 357 78 12,217 10,086 83 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 5A3 Q39 2008-09 2,140 1,895 89 479 381 80 2,619 2,276 87 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 5F1 Q39 2008-09 11,651 10,525 90 553 426 77 12,204 10,951 90 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 5FL Q39 2008-09 2,823 2,621 93 295 168 57 3,118 2,789 89 
			 Swindon PCT 5K3 Q39 2008-09 3,567 3,242 91 569 506 89 4,136 3,748 91 
			 North Somerset PCT 5M8 Q39 2008-09 1,869 1,787 96 376 365 97 2,245 2,152 96 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 5QH Q39 2008-09 11,502 10,377 90 1,520 1,361 90 13,022 11,738 90 
			 Bristol PCT 5QJ Q39 2008-09 4,527 3,965 88 858 476 55 5,385 4,441 82 
			 Wiltshire PCT 5QK Q39 2008-09 8,082 7,199 89 856 692 81 8,938 7,891 88 
			 Somerset PCT 5QL Q39 2008-09 9,496 9,302 98 814 795 98 10,310 10,097 98 
			 Dorset PCT 5QM Q39 2008-09 13,659 12,605 92 1,076 783 73 14,735 13,388 91 
			 Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT 5QN Q39 2008-09 4,347 4,241 98 530 511 96 4,877 4,752 97 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 5QP Q39 2008-09 10,054 9,674 96 600 547 91 10,654 10,221 96 
			 Devon PCT 5QQ Q39 2008-09 14,359 12,332 86 1,309 903 69 15,668 13,235 84 
			 Torbay Care PCT TAL Q39 2008-09 9,437 9,120 97 466 328 70 9,903 9,448 95 
			 Total1,050,852 906,423 86 182,746 157,717 86 1,233,598 1,064,140 86

Social Services: Standards

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has taken to  (a) improve social care provisions for people with disabilities and  (b) raise standards in social care provision for the elderly; and what further steps the Government plans to take to improve social care provision.

Phil Hope: In 'Putting People First', (2007), the Government, and their partners in the sector, set out their commitment to transform social care to meet the needs and expectations of those who need support and their families. A copy of this document has been placed in the Library.
	We have provided £520 million through the Social Care Reform Grant to help councils undertake the necessary reforms. The Department of Health is working closely with key stakeholders to deliver this agenda and a new National Director for Transforming Adult Social Care has been appointed to help councils achieve a systemic shift in adult care towards user control, prevention and enhanced information and advice services.
	In addition, the Office for Disability Issues published the Independent Living Strategy in March 2008. The strategy sets out a five-year plan that seeks to realise the Government's aim that all disabled people should be able to live autonomous lives, and to have the same choice, freedom, dignity and control over their lives as non-disabled people.
	The Department, together with the Office of Disability Issues, is leading work on the 'Life Chances' commitment that, by 2010, there should be a user-led organisation (ULO) modelled on existing Centres for Independent Living in every local authority area with Social Services responsibilities. ULOs are led and controlled by disabled people and are key to both delivering personalisation and achieving independent living for disabled people.

Southmead Hospital: PFI

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implications for the viability of the private finance initiative project to replace Southmead hospital of the current economic situation; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Bradshaw: The two consortiums competing to be appointed preferred bidder on the private finance initiative scheme at North Bristol NHS Trust for the redevelopment of the Southmead hospital site are currently finalising their bids. The Trust, the Department and the bidders are holding discussions about current economic conditions and how these should be factored into the bids as part of the competitive process.
	As with all private finance initiative schemes, appointment of the preferred bidder is then dependant on a business case demonstrating value for money and affordability being submitted to and approved by the Department.

Vaccinations

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the  (a) hepatitis B and  (b) influenza immunisation programme; when each was last reviewed; with what results; what recent representations he has received on each programme; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The hepatitis B and influenza immunisation programmes are kept under review by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), who provide expert impartial advice to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health.
	JCVI last considered the hepatitis B vaccination programme in June 2008. The minutes of the meeting can be found at the following website, the minutes have also been placed in the Library.
	http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/jcvi/JCVI_draft_ minutes_final_17_June_08.pdf
	The committee will consider hepatitis B vaccination again after the completion of an independent peer-review of the cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine as a routine infant, routine adolescent or as a selective infant immunisation programme.
	JCVI last considered the influenza (flu) vaccination programme in February 2008 when the recommendations for the current flu campaign were discussed. The committee noted that there would be no changes to the risk groups for the current flu campaign. The minutes of the meeting can be found at the following website, the minutes have also been placed in the Library.
	http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/jcvi/mins13Feb08.htm
	A JCVI influenza subgroup will meet on 10 December 2008.
	An independent panel was appointed by the Department in 2005 to review the arrangements for the seasonal influenza programme in England. This report was published in March 2007. The report is available in at the following website, the report has also been placed in the Library.
	http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Flu/Flugeneral information/DH_072767
	The Department has received correspondence relating to the clinical at risk groups. The response to these letters stressed the importance of reducing morbidity in high risk groups and made clear the independent advice from the JCVI. Further to this, senior officials from the Department meet with the UK Vaccine Industry Group (UVIG) on a six monthly basis to discuss flu vaccine supply.

Higher Education: Admissions

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent representations he has received on the financial accessibility of universities; what response he has made in each case; and if he will make a statement.

David Lammy: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has not received any recent representations on this issue.
	This Government are firmly committed to widening participation in higher education (HE) for those from poorer and other under-represented backgrounds. The availability of finance should not present a barrier to students who have the ability and wish to study in higher education, as there is a generous package of support available in the form of grants and loans. For full-time students, the package includes a means-tested grant and loan for living costs plus a non means-tested fee loan. In addition, targeted financial support is provided for particular groups, for example, the disabled and students with childcare responsibilities.

Departmental Buildings

Bob Neill: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 7 October 2008,  Official Report, column 557W, on departmental buildings, which contractors provided goods and services for the expenditure on  (a) 10-12 Downing Street,  (b) 70 Whitehall,  (c) Admiralty Arch and  (d) minor furniture and fittings.

Kevin Brennan: The contractors that provided goods and services recorded as departmental building fixed assets on page 106 of the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2007-08 can be provided only at a disproportionate cost.

Public Bodies

Francis Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to decide whether a publicly-funded body may be classified as a private sector organisation.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated November 2008:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to decide whether a publicly-funded body may be classified as a private sector organisation (233370).
	ONS produces the United Kingdom's National Accounts. The National Accounts are an internationally comparable accounting framework that describes the activities in a national economy, including the transactions that take place between sectors of that economy. The relevant international manuals are the System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA93) and the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95) in particular.
	As part of the process of producing the National Accounts, ONS decides on the classification of institutions and transactions within the economy. This well-established process is set out in Annex A of the National Statistics Protocol on Statistical Integration and Classification available at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/ns-standard/cop/protocols/index.html.
	Paragraphs 19-24 of the protocol annex provide a brief description of the classification criteria used when classifying an institution to the public or private sector. The paragraphs are reproduced below for ease. 'NACC' in paragraph 22 refers to the National Accounts Classification Committee, which is described in detail within the protocol.
	Classification criteria: the basic approach to classification
	19. Each classification decision is taken on its own merits and in line with international statistical guidance. Cases of public interest tend to be one of two types:
	i. whether an entity, an organisation or financing vehicle for example, is in the private or public sector;
	ii. whether government receipts are a charge for a service or a tax
	i. Classification of an entity to the public or private sector
	20. The guidance is extensive but two main stages can be identified when classifying an entity to an institutional sector. The first involves a decision on whether the entity is within the public or private sectors, and the second a decision on whether it is a market or non-market producer.
	21. In summary the difference between the public and private sectors is determined by where control lies, rather than by ownership or whether or not the entity is publicly financed. International guidance defines control as the ability to determine general corporate policy. For example, this control can be exercised through the appointment of directors, control of over half of the shareholders voting power, through special legislation or decree, or through regulation.
	22. As a result NACC will examine an entity to see whether there are any factors that enable any part of the public sector, either individually or collectively, to determine the general corporate policy of the entity. This includes recognition that government, or other sectors, may also control a unit through contractual arrangements. If this control is established the entity is classified to the public sector.
	23. Having decided whether an entity is part of the public or private sectors, the second important aspect for sector classification is to determine whether it is a market or non-market entity. Public sector market entities are classified as public corporations (for example Royal Mail and Manchester Airport Group); public sector non-market entities are classified in the general government sector (for example government departments and the BBC). General government is then sub-divided into sub-sectors, including central government, state government and local government. Private sector market entities are classified as private corporations, and private sector non-market entities are generally classified to a sector known as Non Profit Institutions Serving Households.
	24. The borderline between market and non-market classification is defined in the international guidance by whether more than fifty per cent of the production costs are covered by sales of goods and services.